Gearing.



W` H. PIGG.

v(HEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1914.

Patented J une 20, 1916.

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GEARING. APPLICATION msn MAR21. H314.

SMM/mug @wi/meow WILLIAM HOHER PIGG, F GBAN'NIS, ARKANSAS.

emma l To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOMER PIGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grannis, in the county of Polk and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionis an improved churn and consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of the invention'is to effect improvements in the construction of the churn dasher.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for operating the churn dasher.

Another object is to effect improvements in the support for the dasher and the dasher operating means.

Another object is to provide an improved churn which is cheap and simple, is strong and durable and which maybe readily assembled and disassembled so that the churn and all of its parts may be kept clean and in working order.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a churn constructed in accordance with my invention the churn body or vessel being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line a-a of Fig. 2.` Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line b-b of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the plane indicated by the line c-c of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical sectional view through the dasher, on the plane-indicated by the line d-a of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a platform 1 on which a churn body or vessel 2 of any suitable size, shape and construction may be arranged. This vessel or any other form of horizontally-rotatable member is provided with a shaft-receiving socket. At one end of the base is a vertical hollow standard 3. A vertically adjustable support 4 is provided which has a vertical arm 5 that is slidably arranged in the standardl 3. The said standard has threaded openingsy in one side which are engaged by set screws 6. Said set screws enable the support 4 to be secured at any desired adjusted position.

Specication of Letters Patent."

Patented J une 20, 1916.

applicati@ med marca 21, 1914. semina. saam.

The support 4l has a horizontal upper arm 7 from which depends asubstantially rectangular hanger 8 that comprises an outer side member 9, a lower member 10 and an inner member 11. A T shaped bearing 12- 1s secured to the outer. a member 9 of thehanger and a horizontally arranged shaft 13 is mounted in bearing openingsA in the member 11 and vertical arm 5 and has its inner end stepped in a bearing in one side of the T shaped bearing 12. A beveled gear. 14 is secured on the saidshaft 13. At the outer end of the said shaft is a detachable crank handle 15 by means of which said shaft, together with its gear 14 may be rotated.

The dasher 16 has an outer rectangular frame 17 which is provided in opposite sides with -horizontally arranged blades 18--19.

The said blades are inclined transversely and.

the blades 19 are arranged at right angles to the blades 18. At the upper side of the frame, at its center is atubular shaft 20 which extends up througha bearing opening in the member 1 0'of the hanger 8, and is provided with abeveled gear 21 which engages the lower side of the gear 14. This shaft 22 is received in the socket formed at the lower end of the churn, vessel or other horizontally-rotatable member.

A shaft 22 passes through the tubular shaft 2O and its lower portion has bearings in the upper and lower sides of the dasher frame 16. From opposite sides of this shaft project blades 23-24 which are arranged in the horizontal spaces between the blades 18-19 andare also inclined in reverse directions, the blades 23 being substantially at right angles to the blades 24. The upper portion extends through the bearing 12 and is mounted therein and is provided with a beveled gear 25 which engages the upper side of the gear 14.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that when the shaft 13 isl revolved the gears 14, 21 and 25 will cause the tubular shaft 20 and the shaft 22 to rotate simultaneously in opposite directions so that the dasher frame with its blades 18-19 will revolve in one direction and the dasher blades of the shaft 22 will be simultaneously revolved in the opposite direction. Owing I well as whirled and thoroughly agitated by the dasher blades and hence the cream will be converted into butter, in a very short time. Moreover splashing of the cream out of the vessel or body of the churn will be avoided. rlhe dasher may be raised or lowered in the churn, vessel or body by A properly adjusting the arm 5 in the stand` maaar? said rectangular frame, a rectangular hanger formed parallel to and supported upon said rod and having a tubular boss in alinernent with said socket, a sleeve integrally Jformed upon the top of said. rst-named rectangular frame and projecting through said tubular boss to be reinforced thereby, said shaft projecting through said sleeve, a gear wheel secured to the upper end ofsaid shaft, a

. gear wheel secured to the upper end of said sleeve, a gear wheel meshing with said i'irst gear wheel, a shaft passing through said rod and the rectangular hanger thereon upon which the last-named gear is secured, means for turning said shaft. a

In testimony whereof l alhx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILLAM HOMER PGG. Witnesses:

Sar/inni. H. MCCURLEY, 'Roy donn. 

